is it normal for PDF size to grow after importing it into Laserfiche and exporting it back out?
This is to be expected based on how the images were generated from the PDF. By default, they will be TIFF JPEG, so when exporting the image as a PDF, the resulting file is larger than the original. If you use the option to generate the pages as monochrome, then the pages will be TIFF G4. When you export those images as a PDF, they will be smaller in size than if the images were TIFF JPEG.
Using your example PDF, if I generate the page as monochrome and export it back out as a PDF, it's actually smaller than the original.
Are you importing the PDF into the repository, generating Laserfiche pages, and then exporting those pages back out as a new PDF file?
What if you just import the PDF as a standard electronic document and then export it back out as the electronic document? Can you confirm that there are no changes to the between the PDFs this way?
that's correct Alex, this is all done with drag and dropping for importing, generate pages and deleting the pdf. then drag and dropping the Laserfiche pages back out and having Laserfiche auto convert to PDF.
I have attached the PDF that I used for testing.
This is to be expected based on how the images were generated from the PDF. By default, they will be TIFF JPEG, so when exporting the image as a PDF, the resulting file is larger than the original. If you use the option to generate the pages as monochrome, then the pages will be TIFF G4. When you export those images as a PDF, they will be smaller in size than if the images were TIFF JPEG.
Using your example PDF, if I generate the page as monochrome and export it back out as a PDF, it's actually smaller than the original.
Keep in mind that the sample PDF contained embedded text and was not a raster document. Once you generate pages, Laserfiche turns that text into pixels. That's bound to account for some of the size difference.
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